Effects of cover materials on leaching of constituents from dolomitic lead mine tailings
J.J. Harwood, S. R. Koirtyohann, C.J. Schmitt
1987, Water, Air, & Soil Pollution (34) 31-43
Five raised-bed test plots were used to study the effects of cover materials on the leaching of constituents from dolomitic Pb mine tailings over a 2-yr period. The cover materials studied were a fertilizer and seed mixture, anaerobically digested sewage sludge, loam and sod, and fallen leaves from silver maples...
Ground-water contamination near a uranium tailings disposal site in Colorado
Daniel J. Goode, Russell J. Wilder
1987, Ground Water (25) 545-554
Contaminants from uranium tailings disposed of at an active mill in Colorado have seeped into the shallow ground water onsite. This ground water discharges into the Arkansas River Valley through a superposed stream channel cut in the resistant sandstone ridge at the edge of a synclinal basin. In the river...
Geomorphic and hydrologic dynamics of zero-order basins
Richard M. Iverson
1987, Eos, Transactions, American Geophysical Union (68) 1808-1808
The 1987 International Symposium on Erosion and Sedimentation in the Pacific Rim, held August 3–7, 1987, in Corvallis, Oreg., included a special session on the geomorphic and hydrologic dynamics of zero-order drainage basins. “Zero-order basin” is one of several terms used to describe unchanneled swales or hollows...
Yukon Flats National Wildlife Refuge land cover mapping project user's guide
Carl J. Markon
1987, Report
Title III of the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act (ANILCA, 1980) established the Yukon Flats National Wildlife Refuge (YFNWR). Section 304 of the Act requires the Secretary of Interior to "prepare, and from time to time revise, a comprehensive conservation plan" for the refuge. Before developing a plan for...
Phase separation in seafloor geothermal systems: An experimental study of the effects on metal transport
James L. Bischoff, Robert J. Rosenbauer
1987, American Journal of Science (287) 953-978
Experimental investigations were carried out by reacting natural and evolved sea-water with crystalline basalt from the Juan de Fuca Ridge in order to study the effects of vapour-liquid phase separation on metal mobilization in sea-floor geothermal systems in which phase separation occurs between the top of a magma chamber (300-500...
Managing forest roads to control cumulative erosion and sedimentation effects
W.E. Weaver, D.K. Hagans, Mary Ann Madej
1987, Book, Proceedings of the California watershed management conference
No abstract available....
Effects of wetland channelization of storm runoff in Lambert Creek, Ramsey County, Minnesota
R. G. Brown
1987, Conference Paper, National Wetlands Symposium of Wetland Hydrology, Chicago, Illinois, September 16-18, 1987 [Proceedings]
No abstract available....
Selenium in aquatic organisms from subsurface agricultural drainage water, San Joaquin Valley, California
Michael K. Saiki, T. Peter Lowe
1987, Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology (16) 657-670
Concentrations of total selenium were high in 1983 in water, sediment, organic detritus, aquatic plants and invertebrates, and mosquitofish (Gambusia affinis) from Kesterson Reservoir (San Joaquin Valley, California) and the San Luis Drain. Selenium concentrations in biota from the Reservoir and Drain (referred to here collectively as “Kesterson”)...
Laboratory investigation of longitudinal dispersion in anisotropic porous media
Stephen E. Silliman, Leonard F. Konikow, C.I. Voss
1987, Water Resources Research (23) 2145-2151
In this study, laboratory experiments were used to investigate mechanisms that may cause anisotropy in the dispersion coefficient and to investigate the relation between anisotropy in hydraulic conductivity and anisotropy in longitudinal dispersion. Measurements of sodium chloride concentration (used as a tracer) were made at 105 in situ sampling locations...
Toxicity of TFM lampricide to early life stages of walleye
J.G. Seelye
1987, North American Journal of Fisheries Management (7) 598-601
We studied the effects of the lampricide 3-trifluoromethyl-4-nitrophenol (TFM) on gametes, newly fertilized eggs, eyed eggs, larvae, and swim-up fry of the walleye Stizostedion vitreum. When gametes from sexually mature walleyes were stripped into solutions of TFM, no effects were observed during the fertilization process at concentrations up to 3.0...
Minimum tailwater flows in relation to habitat suitability and sport-fish harvest
K.E. Jacobs, W.D. Swink, J.F. Novotny
1987, North American Journal of Fisheries Management (7) 569-574
The instream flow needs of four sport fishes (rainbow trout Salmo gairdneri, channel catfish Ictalurus punctatus, smallmouth bass Micropterus dolomieui, and white crappie Pomoxis annularis) were evaluated in the tailwater below Green River Lake, Kentucky. The Newcombe method, a simple procedure developed in British Columbia that is based on the...
Selective transport of hydrocarbons in the unsaturated zone due to aqueous and vapor phase partitioning
Arthur L. Baehr
1987, Water Resources Research (23) 1926-1938
Long-term groundwater contamination can result from vapors and solutes emanating from organic liquids spilled in the unsaturated zone. The mathematical modeling analysis presented in this paper demonstrates for gasoline-range hydrocarbons, and other volatile organics commonly spilled, that diffusive transport in the unsaturated zone is a significant transport mechanism which can...
Contributions of rainfall to constituent loads in storm runoff from urban catchments
J.C. Ebbert, R. J. Wagner
1987, Journal of the American Water Resources Association (23) 867-871
Rainfall is a significant source of some constituents, particularly nitrogen species, in storm runoff from urban catchments. Median contributions of rainfall to storm runoff loads of 12 constituents from 31 urban catchments, representing eight geographic locations within the United States, ranged from 2 percent for suspended solids to 74 percent...
Examples of landfill-generated plumes in low-relief areas, southeast Florida
Gary M. Russell, Mark Stewart, Aaron L. Higer
1987, Journal of the American Water Resources Association (23) 863-866
Areas of low topographic relief have low water-table gradients and make the direction of movement of contaminants from land fills in the ground water difficult to predict from regional gradients alone. The landfill, nearby free-flowing ditches or canals, variations in hydraulic conductivity, and the influence of nearby pumping wells can...
Hydrology and water quality of a wetland used to receive wastewater effluent, St. Joseph, Minnesota
J. R. Stark, R. G. Brown
1987, Conference Paper
No abstract available....
Movement and fate of crude-oil in contaminants in the subsurface environment at Bemidji, Minnesota: Chapter C in U.S. Geological Survey program on toxic waste--ground-water contamination: Proceedings of the Third technical meeting, Pensacola, Florida, March 23-27, 1987
Marc F. Hult
1987, Open-File Report 87-109-C
On August 20, 1979, a pipeline break in a remote area near Bemidji, Minn. (fig. C-l), resulted in the release of 1.5x105 L (liters) of crude oil. Although about 1.1x105 L were removed from the site as part of the cleanup, some crude oil infiltrated the ground and percolated to the...
Selenium adsorption by goethite
Laurie S. Balistrieri, T. T. Chao
1987, Soil Science Society of America Journal (51) 1145-1151
The adsorption of Se by goethite was studied as a function of time (10 min–24 h), temperature (295.5 and 303.5 K), pH (4–11), particle concentration (3–300 mg/L), total Se concentration (0.02–5 × 10−5 M), oxidation state [Se(IV) and Se(VI)], and competing anion concentration [(anion)/(Se(IV) = 0.25 to 50 000] in order...
Analysis of the U.S. Geological Survey streamgaging network
A. G. Scott
1987, Water Science and Technology (19) 31-42
This paper summarizes the results from the first 3 years of a 5-year cost-effectiveness study of the U.S. Geological Survey streamgaging network. The objective of the study is to define and document the most cost-effective means of furnishing streamflow information. In the first step of this study,...
Instream flow values and power production
Robert T. Milhous, Aaron J. Douglas
1987, Book, Waterpower '87 : proceedings of the International Conference on Hydropower
No abstract available....
Results of a workshop concerning ecological zonation in bottomland hardwoods
James E. Roelle, Gregor T. Auble, David B. Hamilton, Richard L. Johnson, Charles A. Segelquist
1987, Report
Under Section 404 of the Clean Water Act, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has regulatory responsibilities concerning the discharge of dredged or fill material into the Nation's waters. In addition to its advisory role in the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' permit program, EPA has a number of specific...
Results of a workshop concerning impacts of various activities on the functions of bottomland hardwoods
James E. Roelle, Gregor T. Auble, David B. Hamilton, Gerald C. Horak, Richard L. Johnson, Charles A. Segelquist
1987, Report
Under Section 404 of the Clean Water Act, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has regulatory responsibilities related to the discharge of dredged or fill material into the Nation’s waters. In addition to its advisory role in the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' permit program, EPA has a number of...
Results of a workshop concerning assessment of the functions of bottomland hardwoods
James E. Roelle, Gregor T. Auble, David B. Hamilton, Richard L. Johnson, Charles A. Segelquist
1987, Report
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is authorized under Section 404 of the Clean Water Act (33 U.S.C. 1344) to participate in the regulation of the discharge of dredged or fill material into waters of the United States. This regulatory authority is exercised in partnership with the U.S. Army Corps...
Opportunities to protect instream flows in Colorado and Wyoming
Terrence L. Trembly
1987, Report
This document combines the efforts of several individuals, agencies, and organizations toward a common objective: the identification, description, and preliminary evaluation of promising opportunities for protecting instream uses of water under existing laws in Colorado and Wyoming. This report is intended for the use of State and Federal planning and management...
Calculation of nonlinear confidence and prediction intervals for ground-water flow models
Richard L. Cooley, Aldo V. Vecchia
1987, Journal of the American Water Resources Association (23) 581-599
A method is derived to efficiently compute nonlinear confidence and prediction intervals on any function of parameters derived as output from a mathematical model of a physical system. The method is applied to the problem of obtaining confidence and prediction intervals for manually-calibrated ground-water flow models. To...
Modeling potential impacts of the Garrison Diversion Unit project on Sand Lake and Arrowwood National Wildlife Refuges: a feasibility analysis
David B. Hamilton, Gregor T. Auble, Adrian H. Farmer, James E. Roelle
1987, Report
The Garrison Diversion Unit (GDU) of the Pick-Sloan Missouri Basin program was authorized in 1965, with the purpose of diverting Missouri River water to the James River for irrigation, municipal and industrial water supply, fish and wildlife habitat, recreation, and flood control. The project was reauthorized in 1986, with the...
